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15 September 2017

LMI provider Genworth has had its A3 credit rating downgraded by Moody’s, with the agency citing “high and rising level of tail risks” as the catalyst.

14 September 2017

Fractional property investment company DomaCom has announced plans to introduce a new equity release product to the market, provided that it gets the regulator’s tick.

14 September 2017

Industry super fund-owned bank ME has reported a 14 per cent increase in underlying net profit after tax to $85.2 million for the 2017 financial year.

14 September 2017

Ratings agency Morningstar has described as “exaggerated” a report from UBS which claims that Australian banks hold $500 billion in “liar loans”.

14 September 2017

Non-bank lender Pepper has announced today the appointment of a new country CEO for Australia.

14 September 2017

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has faced heavy scrutiny over lenders potentially using the crackdown on interest-only lending as a cover for back book repricing.  

13 September 2017

Demand for fixed rates is at its highest level since December 2013, with nearly one-third of borrowers opting for the repayment type, Mortgage Choice reveals.

13 September 2017

Australian lenders remain uncertain about APRA’s interest-only crackdown and are awaiting further clarification on what the regulator is looking to achieve, according to the head of a major ...

13 September 2017

The boss of one of Australia’s largest home loan comparison websites says that comparison rates are now obsolete and "decades behind" today's market conditions.

12 September 2017

The investment bank has released its latest report on the mortgage industry, this time claiming that there are now $500 billion worth of “factually incorrect” mortgages on bank books.